The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-05

treasurer Of ~. JOhn county.
The post Office at St jerome, in ST. John 5
I county. has been discontinued.
At Lake Charm ora as are assuming a
golden color and picking Will begin soon.
a residence to cost 50. 900 is being built
at St Augustine for William G. Warden.
The official returns are all in at Tampa,
and Hillsborough gives the AUTHORIZATION
/ lists - majority.
Another bottling establishment win be
started at St. Augustine soon by gentle
man from Palatka.
The Gee hummock grove Of DR.. Foster
will yield 1900 boxes, and his Rest Haven
grove at lake Charm. 1000.
! Work on the extension Of the Alcazar, at
| st. Augustine. has been resumed, and
large number of hands taken on
Masonic Lodge, Ionic, No. IS, of Lake
Charm, is in a fourishing condition, and
constantly adding to its membership.
There were 5000 people at the camp meet
ing at Sweetwater last Sunday, mostly
from Jacksonville and st Augustine.
The barbecue of last Saturday at Fort
Ogden was a success far beyond the expec-
tations Of those who had it in charge.
Lake Charm farmers are making large
quantities of crab grass hay this fall. They
| are going 10 boycott the haled article If
possible
The petition calling for an election on the
liquor question in st. Johns county is being
widely circulated, and il receiving many
signatures.
The St Augustine and East Coast Pail
way Company, recently chartered. an
nounces its intention Of commencing opera
tons by Oct. -.
There was very severe hail and rain
storm at Lake Charm on Friday. The hail
did considerable damage to the young
vegetables of our fall gardens.
During the school term of 1Ss7-SS four
sessions Of the Volusia County Teachers
Institute will be held. The first will proba-
bly, convene at New Smyrna in November.
Owing to the resignation Of two more of
the Titusville Aldermen there will be an
election for a full board Of five members on
Oct. "A, instead of three as announced here
tofore.
Friday night wound up the sale of whisky
in Santa Rosa county The saloon men
gave big barbecue in front of the court
house upon the occasion, that all might eat,
drink and be merry.
1t is said that Mr. Flagler has purchased,
or negotiated for the purchase of the entire
Anderson property. II this be so it will
give him about fifteen acres additional land
in the heart Of St Augustine.
Mr.. Hotchkiss will soon begin to erect a
new building on his property corner First
street and Palmetto avenue, Sanford. The
building will be very much the same as the
one recently destroyed by fire.
A number of shipments of rare tropical
plants have recently arrived at the CON
servatory of Theodore L. Mead. Mr..
Mead's grounds are among the most inter
esting features of Lake Cherm.
The money has been raised for the i'm
provement of Lake Charm; it is to be low
cred four feet and the grass and muck
cleared away from its edges, road graded
around it and tropical trees set out.
- B. Stetson left DeIAnd last Thursday
for his home in Philadelphia. While at De-
Land he left plans for the erection of two
handsome houses The one in the Gillen
grove is to be sided with cypress shingles.
Fourteen carloads of machinery arrived
at Sanford Monday for the Kissimmee sugar
mill. The freight ON it, by the time it
reaches It's point of destination, will very
nearly, if not quite, reach the sum of 81 900.
The Commissioners of Walton county
have ordered an election on the barroom
question, a petition signed by nearly 400
voters having been presented to them. There
is no bar in the county at present. The cleo
ton will come off Nov. ).
At a meeting of the citizens of Orange
City on Saturday a branch immigration
association was organized, and the enroll
ment of members was commenced. DIR. H.
j. Hammond was chosen President, and
George H. Parker Secretary.
The Mariana West Florida Enquirer
was purchased Monday by Oswald Wilson,
State organizer, for the beuef1t of the
Farmers Alliance Delegates are arriSing
for the Farmers Alliance meeting, and a
large attendance is anticipated. Much i'm
portant business will be transacted.
1t was reported OH the streets of Milton
Saturday morning that Mrs. Bradleys son
had yellow fever, which created some little
excitement. A meeting of the Board of
Health was called, and Drs Pollock, Mills
and McDougal were appointed to investi-
gate the matter. They reported that the
young man was suffering from a bad case
Of intermittent fever.
As the time for holding the municipal
election at St Augustine DAVIS near great
deal of interest is being manifested. and
candidates for the Mayoralty are almost as
thick as a swarm of bees, while candidates
for other city offices are too numerous to
mention. The following names are men
toned in connection with the Mayoraltv:
B. F. Oiveros, w. Milford Ingraham, B.
Genovar, DIR. Dewitt Webb, George S.
Greene, L. B. Genovar and DIR. j. K.
Rainey.
The State Normal School opened at De
Funiak Springs on Monday with fair at
tendance. Prof. H. n. Felkel, of ITALIA
hassee, is the President He is assisted by
Prof. II. f.. Graham and Miss Lillian Auter
bridge. The Mccormick Collegiate In
stitute, under the charge of Prof. j. E. Nc
DSiiel, of Indiana, with three assistants,
also began the fall session. Bids are being
received for a new building for this school
The attendance at the public school, which
also opened Monday, is larger than ever be-
fore.
DeLand University is to take foremost
place in scientific instruction as well as in
other departments. A fine chemical labora-
tory is being fitted up on the same plan that
is adopted in the best Northern institutions
Each student in chemistry will have his
own table and apparatus, chemicals etc,
and do independent work under the general
supervision of the instructor. 1t is gener-
ally conceded now that chemistry can be
successfully taught in no other way. This
chemical laboratory, together with the fine
set of apparatus for the illustration of
physics and physiology, give the institution
splendid facilities for scientific instruction.
A Useful Precaution.
It is a useful precaution for the tourist, the
commercial traveller the emigrant TO the
West, to take along Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers Invalidswho travel by steamboat or rail